Abstract
The olfactory bulb is the primary center for transmission of olfactory information to the vertebrate brain. Its functions are (1) to receive and process the information from the olfactory receptor neurons, (2) to send this information to different parts of the olfactory cortex in the forebrain, and (3) to provide for integration and modulation of the information by means of pathways from midbrain and forebrain centers.
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Further reading
Halasz N, Shepherd GM (1983): Neurochemistry of the vertebrate olfactory bulb. Neuroscience 10:579–619
Macrides F, Davis BJ (1983): The olfactory bulb. In: Chemical Neuroanatomy, Emson PC ed. New York: Raven Press
Shepherd GM (1972): Synaptic organization of the mammalian olfactory bulb. Physiol Rev 52:864–917
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Shepherd, G.M. (1988). The Olfactory Bulb. In: Sensory Systems: II. Readings from the Encyclopedia of Neuroscience . Birkhäuser Boston. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-6760-4_28
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